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ff14 spoils, pkmn spoils

crying about this part in ffxiv reminds me of the time i livetweeted pokemon platinum (dec2020-jan2021)
pkmn spoils "You know how having Pokémon around leads to new discoveries?" !!…is that what people think in general? i really like the thought of that lmao "It's the same for parents and kids. I'm always learning from my kids." THERE IT IS 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭 pkmn spoils whoever wrote this mustve thought a lot about what its like to be a parent. theres a recurring idea people should love pokemon and some find them weird or creepy, but theres always someone who loves. im bawling rn bc this npc made the connection pokemon are like kids pkmn spoils "Oh, no, there are no stairs in this house. It's easier that way. The lack of stairs makes it easy for the little Pokémon to get about." …npc got grey hair and looks hunched over, talking abt how its easier for /pokemon/…as opposed to old people 😭😭😭… pkmn spoils the concept of…how designing places for kids…like people with assisted living…? would in turn benefit everyone else. how the concept of pokemon is so young children can safely go on personal growth adventures…that imagination of abundant kindness makes me cryyyyy
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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>someone drawing venat and hermes together
kitten lying on its back
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Unleashed - Howling Blade (Retsarra)
In my thirst for battle, there I see it, sets my heart to racing In my thirst for battle, there I feel it, sets my soul to blazing Sweet, tender smiles on every empty face (Someday soon my will is bound to break) Serene surrounds to keep them safe (All blind to the cage closing) Maybe I'll join them and shut my eyes (How long can I stand to stay my blade?) But how could my pride dare abide? (I can feel my rage growing) They call this a city, but that's not what I see We're locked in a cell with no key (I can feel the walls are closing in) They've clouded my vision, I'm robbed of decisions With nowhere to go, there's one thing I know When I climb in the ring, we lock eyes and that's when I realize That I'm free. This is me. This is who I was meant to be. Bare my claws, bare my fangs, my heart's racing─it's the thrill of the fight As I run and I howl at the moon (I know) I've the strength to defeat any foe (I see) There is nowhere that I cannot go (face me) Come prepared if you dare, but you'll ne─ (ver bring me down) In my thirst for battle, there I see it, sets my heart to racing In my thirst for battle, there I feel it, sets my soul to blazing In my thirst for battle, there I see it, sets my heart to racing In my thirst for battle, there I feel it, sets my soul to blazing Inside the cage, you have to know your place (Everybody tells me who I am) Dull dreary lives with no escape (Held down by their false choices) It may be easy to trust their lies (Why should I deny all that I am?) But soon you'll be empty inside (Can't give in to those voices) They judge and they hate me, but they'll never break me I'll never stop longing to be free (Searching for a place where I belong) They've clouded my vision, I'm robbed of decisions With nowhere to go, there's one thing I know When I climb in the ring, we lock eyes and that's when I realize That I'm free. This is me. This is who I was meant to be. Bare my claws, bare my fangs, my heart's racing─it's the thrill of the fight As I run and I howl at the moon (I know) I've the strength to defeat any foe (I see) There is nowhere that I cannot go (face me) Come prepared if you dare, but you'll ne─ (ver bring me down) I'm free! The beast has been unleashed, so Come prepared (come prepared) if you dare (if you dare) I'll bring all to bear, I swear, to bring you down!
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Not Afraid - Brute Abominator (Hector)
Here on my throne, sits a pretender (Traitorous! Not one of us!) Hope in their hearts, the dawn in their eyes (All lies! Foul lies!) Left on my own, no I won't surrender (Why am I suffering?) Life won't play fair, why should I? Fury's fists and dirty razors Fireballs and a hangman's noose Crucified, I am the thorn in your side Now cry as I dig in my hooks Why should I buy the lies? Compromise for what is rightfully mine? On your knees, kiss the ring 'Cause I am your king Tonight is the night A blood moon is risin' One spire left to climb My pride's on the line, yeah The fire 'neath the ice The light that defines us No price is too high I'm not 'fraid of dying (Not afraid! Not afraid!) (No, I'm not afraid! NO!) Hammerlock, cloverleaf Crush the calf, spear, senton, and sweep Flying avalanche, guillotine Cobra clutch, hold, put 'em to sleep Diving body drop, giant swing Shoulder block, stomp, double the knee Corner catapult, shatter machine Suicide dive outta the ring. Pin 'em You're going DOWN! From dreams of dark, reborn, I awaken (I'm alive! On fire!) On failures past, I lie here and muse (From the end! Rise again!) Torn from my grasp, everything taken (Empty heart! Empty hands!) Now what have I left to lose? Antitype, abomination Anathema, yeah, torn in two Cast aside, time to meet my maker Testify what I think of Her rules Light the match, feed the flame Turn the torch on those who'd spit on my name Bite down! Shut the **** up! I'm going insane. I've tried all my life To break from this cycle With one sacrifice I'll conquer my rivals Tonight is the night Put all this behind us Won't run from the fight I'm not 'fraid of dying (Not afraid! Not afraid!) (No, I'm not afraid! NO!) Hammerlock, cloverleaf Crush the calf, spear, senton, and sweep Flying avalanche, guillotine Cobra clutch, hold, put 'em to sleep Diving body drop, giant swing Shoulder block, stomp, double the knee Corner catapult, shatter machine Suicide dive outta the ring. Pin 'em You're going DOWN!
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Give it All - Wicked Thunder (Eutrope)
Tonight our city bleeds red, blue, and green As I walk in the dark unseen Yet like the grey the sky is draped in The colors in my heart have faded Gone They're gone They're gone All gone A girl looks to the stars and dares to dream On the world she'd make her mark, it seemed This phantom in my mirror starin' back I realize that girl is Gone She's gone She's gone I'm gone Climbed every mountain, made it to the top I had it all, or so I thought Traded tomorrow for a lie And found the price too high The clock is ticking counting down to naught I'm outta time but it won't stop I'll bet my life before it's lost That final line I'll cross There ain't no going back No going back No going back No What light's left here inside I'll suffocate If that's what it takes, oh And those who look to cast me aside or turn their backs and leave me to die You can try, can try, come try, But I will survive No going back No going back Won't ever (no) Never again, no Ain't no going back No going back No coming back from the edge Look in my eyes, yeah I know you understand (somebody help, my misery's taking me) I've made up my mind, now there ain't no going back (somebody help, I'm losing what's left of me) I've made up my mind, now my heart's demanding I'm ready to fight til there's one left standing Tonight, lightning'll strike, thunder will fall (and) You're gonna give it all To me To me To me To me, I gotta believe You'll set Me free Tonight my circle finally comes complete One last step from the dark, I breathe The music's swellin', crowd is chantin' And for this moment fear's an after- thought It's gone It's gone All gone I look out to the crowd and there I see A thousand little girls--all me I've turned the tables, yeah I'm fightin' back I'll bring the lightnin', now it's On It's on It's on You're gone Climbed every mountain, made it to the top I had it all, or so I thought Traded tomorrow for a lie And found the price too high The clock is ticking counting down to naught I'm outta time but it won't stop I'll bet my life before it's lost That final line I'll cross There ain't no going back No going back No going back No What light's left here inside I'll suffocate If that's what it takes, oh And those who look to cast me aside or turn their backs and leave me to die You can try, can try, come try, But I will survive No going back No going back Won't ever (no) Never again, no Ain't no going back No going back No coming back from the edge, no more
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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ff14 spoils
seated with hands on the back of my head bowed down
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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this as a shorthand for hector
simplified outline of a bomb king
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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eutrope was not just trying to save retsarra, she was trying to save every fighter who wouldnt retire, and she calls them her friends in en
YAANA だったら、私は…… If you won't back down... YAANA この姉妹喧嘩キャットファイトだけは譲れないッ！ Then neither will I! YAANA 私、ずっとおかしいと思ってた。 姉さんが自分の命のためだけに、人の命を狙うはずないって……。 From the start, I'd thought it strange that you'd try to take another's life to save your own. YAANA 本当に救いたいのは、大事な人の……恋人の命。 ハウリングブレードを助けたいんでしょう！？ But the truth is you aren't trying to save yourself. No, you want to save the man you love. EUTROPE でも、彼だけじゃない。 ヘビー級の闘士はみんな、すでに魂蝕症を発症しているの。 Not only him. Every fighter in the heavyweight division suffers from psychonekrosis. EUTROPE 彼らは、それでもオーナーのことを信じているわ。 人生の辛い時期に救われたり、生きる意味を与えられたり、 理由は様々だけれどね……。 Even so, they continue to trust the president. He saved them all in some way, helping them during dark times in their lives. EUTROPE レザラも…… いえ、闘士「ハウリングブレード」も、 きっと私の隣よりも、アルカディアという居場所を選ぶはずよ。 The Howling Blade─Retsarra─is no different. He'd choose to remain at the Arcadion rather than be with me. EUTROPE だから、私はひとりで行動することを決めたの。 みんなが闘士であることを止めず、闘い続けてしまうのなら、 手を汚してでも治療法を見つけてみせるって……。 That's why I decided to act alone. If my friends were determined to fight until they died, then I'd find a cure no matter the cost.
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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yaana (black cat) in a mainly red and gold outfit yaana (black cat) in a mainly light grey and orange outfit
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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retsarra (howling blade) and eutrope (wicked thunder) facing titan eutrope (wicked thunder) mining as retsarra (howling blade) sits and watches retsarra (howling blade) and eutrope (wicked thunder) find a chest
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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pet store #ffxiv #hermes #meteion #venat #argos pet store au pet store manager hermes pet store employee meteion argos is from said pet store venat is visiting as a friend (and frequent window shopper) meteion sees firsthand the prices people put on living beings hermes receives calls for dead pets and neglected pets all the time
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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(scene of jay wearing his mother's coat)
(gorgeous soft bgm)

>She always knew things about me before I did.
cat with wet eyes and drawn on tears
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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@ ilberd
"you dropped this" mario hands you a crown labelled "Biggest hater"
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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but i like it when people are still posting more about ilberd
biting tongue laughing
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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i updated firehoseSeconds to try to show the last 31 days but idk if it works 😔
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November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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november
Thanks for donating $20.00 CAD to Sudan Solidarity Collective
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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ameliance & raubahn
scribbled drawings of raubahn & ameliance looking down at an audience and singing into mics, with music video outfits loosely based on their vocalist voice actors james charles miller & tanaka rie, inspired by their real life collab on the Uz:ME song, PSYOP
October 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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October 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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interview with character designer namae ayumi - zero's concept is "genderless"

www.gamer.ne.jp/news/2023021...
ゼロのコンセプトは“ジェンダーレス” ――ゼロは男性のようにも女性のようにも見える中性的なデザインが魅力ですね。このようなキャラクターはメインストーリーでは初めてだったと思いますが、ゼロのキャラクターデザインについて、意識したことがあれば教えてください。 [1bc] ゼロは、まさに「ジェンダーレスなキャラクター」としてのオーダーでスタートしています。「男性女性どちらかは未確定。骨格は男性寄りで目鼻立ちのくっきりした美青年に見せたい」といった内容でシナリオ班から発注がありました。
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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we-are-vanadiel.finalfantasyxi.com/post/?id=632
Koji Not long after I started translating for the support desk, the Localization team began assigning in-game translations and I was suddenly put in charge of Windurst. It was challenging for me since it was a tremendous amount of text, and I was still new to translating. The hardest part was creative writing, which I’d never done before. Even when I thought I did well on a translation, my fellow translators would look at my work and say, “You got the meaning of the sentence right, but is it fun to read? Try reading it again.”
October 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Incidentally, the Hokkaido University of Education had about five branch campuses throughout Hokkaido, and I enrolled in the Hakodate branch to put myself in a Japanese-only environment. There were plenty of foreigners in the urban areas, so it wasn't uncommon for stores and facilities to have staff who could speak English. And even within Hokkaido, for example, if I chose to go to Sapporo, I would've gone to the entertainment district and not have studied at all, so I wanted somewhere that was more rural. (laughs) That's how I ended up choosing Hakodate, and I rarely had interactions with other foreigners during my time in university, so you could say I was immersed in Japanese for those four years.
October 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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we-are-vanadiel.finalfantasyxi.com/post/?id=626...
KojiI figured my first attempt would end in failure since I'd only studied in Japan for about half a year. After all, the questions were all written in Japanese, not to mention the U.S. and Japan teach different spectrums of world history; specifically, you learn about European history in the U.S., but not so much about Chinese history, which makes up almost half of the world history taught in Japan.
October 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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On the other hand, in the making of the story that was held in the Far Eastern lands of FFXIV, we avoided making it too stiff, and definitely placed an element of importance in making it easy to understand. For example, the story of Shisui of the Violet Tides is something based off of the major Japanese fairy tale known as Urashima Taro, that any five year old in Japan has heard of (and is also similar to a legend that remains widely in China). When making a game for the domestic Japanese market, we want to avoid any majorly obvious motifs, but when considering that we are creating this for the various other players of the world we opted for a rather straightforward approach. However, when asked if Kugane and Doma are just replicas of Japan and China, I would say that they are not. We were careful to arrange those places as having their own Far Eastern fantasy world.
October 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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For all intents and purposes, there are no beast tribes in the Far East, and this all comes down to the definition of “beast tribe.” The term is one of Eorzean/Garlean origin used to describe those dastardly “spoken” (the scientific category of living beings that possess a distinct language) living in Eorzea who feel the need to not play by the rules and run about doing all manner of forbidden nastiness like claiming ancestral land as their own or summoning false deities (eikons/primals). While an Eorzean may look at the Kojin or the Namazu, the Lupin, or even Dalmasca’s Bangaa and assume they fall under “beastmen,” the denizens of the Far East simply see them as another race amongst many, and you should never hear someone from Doma or Hingashi refer to those races as beast tribes. (And if you do, it’s probably a bug and should be reported on the Lodestone LOC forums!)
October 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM